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my dd is 5.5 months old and will e 6 months old on March 27th. I wanted to strat solids with her but after reading the signs for readiness to start solids it seems she may not be ready. She does not...

This is totally normal. My LC said if I wanted to fix them to start nursing on that side first for a couple of days. But beware, sometimes this can cause the milk supply in the other side to decrease...

they also have this infant ear wax stuff that you can put in thier ears. I went to a "women of faith" conferene when my dd was 4 weeks and the music was definatley to loud for her, but another woman...

I don't thank you dd is trying to wean. I just read yesterday that at around 4-5 months and again around 10 months babies are very easily distracted when nursing. Do you notice that she is trying to...

Oh and on top of that I think I have some kind of infection in my right breast. I keep getting these shooting pains. I know its not mastitis but maybe a yeast infection. What do I do? CAn Probiotics...

Thanks so much. I wil try to remeber what you said about "milk is milk". I think I might try to get one of those scales to see how much she takes in a particular feed. Does anyone know how much they...

Is it possible for a 4.5 month old baby to get enough milk in 2 to 4 minutes on one side only. My dd will only nurse for about 2-4 minutes on one side only and then bites and pulls off. When I try to...